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Daily, seasonal, and latitudinal variations in solar ultraviolet A and B radiation in relation to vitamin D production and risk for skin cancer

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Dermatology, November 2015
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Title
Daily, seasonal, and latitudinal variations in solar ultraviolet A and B radiation in relation to vitamin D production and risk for skin cancer
Published in
International Journal of Dermatology, November 2015
DOI 10.1111/ijd.13065
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Authors

Mantas Grigalavicius, Johan Moan, Arne Dahlback, Asta Juzeniene

Abstract

Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation varies with latitude, time of day, and season. Both spectral UV composition and ambient UV dose lead to different health outcomes at different latitudes. Finding the optimal time for sun exposure, whereby the positive effects of UV exposure (vitamin D) are facilitated and the negative effects (skin cancer, photoimmunosuppression) avoided are the most important consideration in modern skin cancer prevention programs. This paper focuses on the latitude dependency of UVB, UVA, vitamin D production, and skin cancer risk in Caucasians. Biologically effective UVB (280-315 nm) and UVA (315-400 nm) doses were calculated using radiative transfer models with appropriate climatologic data for selected locations. Incidences of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and cutaneous melanoma (CM) were retrieved from cancer registries and published articles. Annual doses of UVA radiation decrease much less with increasing latitude than annual doses of UVB. Incidences of CM also decrease less steeply with increasing latitude than incidences of SCC. As SCC is caused mainly by UVB, these observations support the assumption that UVA plays an important role in the development of CM. The variations in UVA (relevant to CM) and UVB (relevant to vitamin D production) over 1 day differ: the UVB : UVA ratio is maximal at noon. The best way to obtain a given dose of vitamin D with minimal carcinogenic risk is through a non-burning exposure in the middle of the day, rather than in the afternoon or morning.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Costa Rica 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 102 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 17%
Student > Bachelor 17 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 9%
Researcher 5 5%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 29 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 8%
Engineering 6 6%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 32 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2023.
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#766,572
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Outputs from International Journal of Dermatology
#64
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#11,679
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Dermatology
#2
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